Shloka 25
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
सोऽपि कोपान्महावीऱ्यः खुरक्षुण्णमहीतलः ।
शृङ्गाभ्यां पर्वतानुच्चैश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च ॥
so 'pi kopānmahāvīryaḥ khurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ /
śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuccaiścikṣepa ca nanāda ca
सोपि महाबलपराक्रमः क्रुद्धः खुरैः पृथिवीं मथयामास। शृङ्गाभ्यां चोन्नतान् गिरिशिखरान् क्षिप्त्वा ननाद।
FAQs
Unchecked krodha (wrath) expresses itself as violence that destabilizes the world; the verse paints anger as a force that tramples dhārmic order (symbolized by the earth) and weaponizes nature itself (mountains).
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita (narrative of deeds) rather than Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa; Devi Mahatmyam functions as an exemplary sacred history of Devī’s intervention.
The asura’s hooves and horns signify tamasic force acting through the senses and instinct; ‘hurling mountains’ suggests the ego’s attempt to overturn stable inner ‘peaks’ (dharma/steadiness), which Devī will re-center.